Lagarde to audition with IMF board for top job

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will make her bid to lead the International Monetary Fund in a meeting Thursday with the executive board, an IMF spokesman confirmed."Later today, that means probably around midday, Christine Lagarde will meet with the executive board and her statement will also be released later," spokesman David Hawley said at a news briefing.

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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is set to appear before the IMF board in Washington, DC Thursday to make her case for the top job. The board will choose between Lagarde and Mexico's central bank head Agustin Carstens by June 30.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde made her case to become the next leader of the International Monetary Fund, vowing to promote reforms to make the power lender more representative of the global economy.Lagarde said she had "productive" one-on-one meetings with IMF executive directors Wednesday and early Thursday in Washington, before a three-hour interview with the 24-member board in the afternoon.

Mexico's central bank head Agustin Carstens auditioned for the International Monetary Fund's top job at the organisation's Washington bureau on Tuesday. His chief rival, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, will make her case Wednesday.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, the leading candidate to take over as head of the IMF global lender, will visit Washington next week, her ministry said Friday.Lagarde will fly out on Tuesday for Washington and remain there until Thursday, a member of her entourage said but did not specify if she would meet the International Monetary Fund's executive board.